Show me someone among us who has not spent a guilty afternoon binge-watching TV and mainlining Cheetos, and I will show you a liar. No matter how much we like to feed our brains and stimulate our senses (read: the aforementioned Cheetos), sometimes we must needs take a vegetation-vacation. And parking it in front of ye olde boob tube is the perfect way to achieve to maximum brain-sleep with minimum actual effort.
It’s a doubly big temptation, because over the years TV has gone from being home to low-rent entertainment wherein cops chase robbers, to a place where thoughtful, cinematic storytelling thrives. But for all its charms, TV will never be books. Here are 7 ways that books are better than TV: